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Be it known that: I, Manner. LACIIXAN, a citizen of the l'nited Stet 'end residing at New York. in the county 0 New York and State of New York, hive invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of whit h the following is a s iflcatlou, .aaeh as will enable those skilled in the art to wit: .a it appeitniaa to metre end an the 'aame.

This invention relates to vehicfle wheels and particularly to wheels designed for use in connection with what are known as goearts, peramlmlators and other light \t'l-tleles; and the object thereof is to provide a wheel of this clues which is composed en tirely of metal and which will be strong and durable; and with this and other ob'eete in view the invention consists in a whee of the class s Jet-itiul constructed as hereinafter described and eiiiined.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following a eeitieation, of which the accompanying rawmg forms a part. III winch theeparate parts of my improvenwut are deseoch of the views, and in which v.Figtu'e 1 in side view of'a wheel made aeeordmg to my invention, part of the'eonetruction being broken away. Fig. 2 a sectionel view lookingin the direction of the arrow 2 of Fig. l. and :--l"ig. 3 a view aimilnr to Fig. 2 but. showing a. nuxlitication.

In the practice of my invention as'shown in Fig.4. 1 and 2, I provide a wheel'a com posed of a hub b, a rim e and spokes (l which connect the hub and rim. he rim is stamped froth sheet Juetal and is prdvided with a, groove 0 adapted to receive an ordi nary elantio tire not nhowu. The npokea (I are lllO stamped from sheet metal and are eleo-stnmped'to form longitudinal grmvee d in their inner sides and this form or conetruction of said spokes adds to the atren h thereof as will be readilyunderstood. spokes d are arranged in pair: as shown, the spoke: of each pair hein connected with the end! of the huh I) and with the rim e.

The rim' 0 in irovided at intervals with inward! directet Inge or projections r to which t spokes d are secured, and in makin this connection the said spokes are we (led to Mid lugs-or projections a and to the nm e.

The spokes d are connected-with the end l'eetlattu of Letters hunt. Application ll Art! 80, "00. Intel Io. H.001. e

ers f throu ignited by luitnhle reference eharaeters iu' at its ends with Patented Feb.

rtions' of the hub b by meina of inner S IF PATENT OFFICE i isks or weshers'e and outer-disks or wash-' which the hub asses and wlnch'ere rigidly secured to stud hub by Wtldll'lfi, and the ends of the hub b use throu the outer disks or washers an are provi ed with a swaged collar or run 1'.

'lhe'disl:s or was ers c and are provated respectively with outward I! and auwardly directed flanges c and hetwwn which the ends of the nlmkes are inaertul, ltlttlhttttl flanges are provided tll then. adjueeut fut'ee \t'llll apertures to receive aaiei elttln of the spokes, and in practice the disks or'washers and f after the ends of the spokes have-been inserted between the same oland are formed therein whiehetn-ngthcn said tlHliH or waahers and aid in securing the ends of the eHOkeB thercbetween and the said ends of the spokes and said disks orwashers are welded together and to the llih b. v A wheel constructed in this manner, will p094! a maximum of atren th with a minimum of weight, and said w tool will as will he understwd, be strong and duraiile and the parts thereof will not work loose vor become disconnected in any way.

in Fig. 3 I have shown a moditleution'in which t e spoken I! are composed of rods, the spoken of eaeii pair being compeged of aingle rods which are passed throug'zii the lugs or projeethms c or the rim 0 bent into proper shape to form the spokes, and the .dn of said spokes are secured between the disks or washers I and f in the.

.namemanuer as with theconstruetion shown in Figs. 1 and .t. In this construction the spche members (I are elso welded to. the tags or projections c of the rim 0 pad to the (litlltfi or washers and mid dllkl or washers e are weldedtogether and to the hub b and. as will be'seem, the disks or washers r and f in both styles of construction'form at art of the. hub. v

Having ully dmcribed my invention, what I claia. as new and desire tn eecure by Lettcm lk'fatent, ia:-

l. A. Wheel composed entirely of metal and comp mg a tubulurihub, r. rim, one} s mkes arranged in pairs and which connect tin: huh and rim, said hub being provided iunei and outer disks through which it pae'sos and which are seare firmly eompre ed and annular grooves and then 

